Mortification - Definition

n 1: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin,
humiliation, mortification]
2: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the
interruption of blood supply) [syn: necrosis,
mortification, gangrene, sphacelus]
3: an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or
self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after
another" [syn: humiliation, mortification]
4: (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh
by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or
discomfort inflicted on yourself)